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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">What are the Data Attributes?</b></big>
    <dd>This category concerns the common Data Binding attributes found in
        Internet Explorer 4.0+ - they allow a data source (commonly a field in
        a database) to be tied to an element.
        <br><br>

        In HTML 4.x a <a href="../shorthands.htm#param">Parameter Entity</a>
        called "%reserved" is also defined that contains these same attributes.
        These attributes are not actually explained or defined in the standard other 
        than a cryptic "reserved for possible future use" notation in the DTD. These 
        attributes do not appear in any XHTML DTDs.
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        <b class="alert">NOTE:</b><br>
        The IE data points in these support charts are taken directly from Microsoft's 
        own documentation on this subject.
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<dt><br><big><b class="mainheading">Language Attributes</b></big>

<dt><b class="subheading"><a href="datafld.htm">Datafld</a></b>
<dt>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<b><i class="fs">4</i></b>] 
    [<span class="ns">X1</span>|<span class="ns">X1.1</span>]
    [<b><i class="fs">IE4</i></b>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>|<span class="ns">S</span>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        The column name from the data source object that supplies the bound data.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> Alphanumeric characters.


<dt><b class="subheading"><a href="dataformatas.htm">Dataformatas</a></b>
<dt>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<b><i class="fs">4</i></b>] 
    [<span class="ns">X1</span>|<span class="ns">X1.1</span>]
    [<b><i class="fs">IE4</i></b>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>|<span class="ns">S</span>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        Indicates whether bound data is plain text or HTML. HTML 4 (plaintext)
        and Internet Explorer 4 (text) values seem to be different values for
        achieving the same result.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b>
        <b class="alert">html</b> | <b class="alert">plaintext</b> | <b class="alert">text</b>

<dt><b class="subheading"><a href="datasrc.htm">Datasrc</a></b>
<dt>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<b><i class="fs">4</i></b>|<span class="ns">S</span>] 
    [<span class="ns">X1</span>|<span class="ns">X1.1</span>]
    [<b><i class="fs">IE4</i></b>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        Indicates the URL or ID of the data source object supplying the data that
        is bound to this element. HTML 4 and Internet Explorer 4 diverge here on
        intent of this attribute - HTML 4 indicates it should be a URL while IE4
        says it should be a data source ID.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> Data source ID or relative/absolute URL.
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